Product Description: This Companion offers fresh insight into the art and politics of James Baldwin, one of the most important writers and provocative cultural critics of the twentieth century. Black, gay, and gifted, he was hailed as a "spokesman for the race," although he personally, and controversially, eschewed titles and classifications of all kinds...read more

Product Description: The Souls of Mixed Folk examines representations of mixed race in literature and the arts that redefine new millennial aesthetics and politics. Focusing on black-white mixes, Elam analyzes expressive works―novels, drama, graphic narrative, late-night television, art installations―as artistic rejoinders to the perception that post-Civil Rights politics are bereft and post-Black art is apolitical...read more